An urban growth boundary, like this one in Germany, creates clear separation between development, agriculture and forests and encourages density. The Portland region's Urban Growth Boundary ...

The boundary may be driving suburban sprawl to points well beyond the Portland metro area. The boundary was first drawn in 1979 by Metro, a 3-county, 24-city regional planning body that helps ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland broke multiple August heat records during this week’s heat wave, which brought multiple days of 100-degree temperatures to the metro area. But the heat may ...

About 2,000 feet through a riparian forest are all that separate us from having a carfree connection between Portland, the Clackamas river, and beyond. Metro map of acquisition boundary. Metro just ...

The ‘Urban Heat islands explorer map’ was commissioned by the City of Portland in 2018 and released to the public in 2019 after being designed by Metro. Brought to you by Portland urban heat ...

The dividing line between urban and rural in the Portland region isn’t just an intangible ... Linus: I rode all the way around the metro area’s urban growth boundary, it was about 235 miles or so. The ...

Pacific Power, which serves parts of Portland and outside the metro area, also has an online map here. On Sunday evening, Pacific Power said it was down from its peak of 40,000 customers without ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN ... partnering to offer free boat disposal for a limited time in the Oregon Metro service boundary. Oregon Metro says that the agencies plan to provide the free service ...

The tax built to fund homeless services in the Portland metro area is expected to rake in nearly $1 billion more than previously anticipated over the next six years. A revenue forecast prepared by ...